Poignancy
11poignancy — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Intensity] Syn. concentration, sharpness, piquancy; see intensity 1 . 2. [Emotion] Syn. feeling, pathos, sadness, sentimentality; see emotion , feeling 4 , pathos . See Synonym Study at pathos …
12poignancy — poign·an·cy || pɔɪnÉ™nsɪ n. piquancy, bitterness, pungency; keenness, sharp wittedness; sharpness, pointedness, incisiveness …
13poignancy — n. 1. Piquancy, pungency, acridity, sharpness. 2. Point, sharpness, keenness, asperity, causticity. 3. Bitterness, intensity, sharpness …
14poignancy — n 1. pathos, evocativeness, emotivity, emotiveness, emotion, emotionalism; sensitivity, tenderness, feeling, affectionateness, sentiment; intentness, earnestness, sincerity; keenness, intensity, acuteness, profoundness, deepness, extremeness. 2.… …
15poignancy — poi·gnan·cy …
16pathos — pathos, poignancy, bathos are comparable when they denote the quality found in human situations, or especially in works of art or literature, which moves one to pity or sorrow. Pathos is the common term in critical and literary use; because of… …
17pathos — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. passion, warmth; sentiment, feeling. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. poignancy, bathos, sentiment, desolation, woe, sadness, tenderness, sympathy, compassion, pity, sympathetic chord; see also emotion ,… …
18poignance — noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow a moment of extraordinary poignancy • Syn: ↑poignancy • Derivationally related forms: ↑poignant (for: ↑poignancy), ↑poignant …
19Otello — For other uses, see Othello (disambiguation). Giuseppe Verdi …
20literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
